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Victims never receive this non-existent fortune but are tricked into sending their money to the criminals, who remain anonymous. They hide their real identity and location by using fake names and fake postal addresses as well as communicating via anonymous free email accounts and mobile phones.
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Fraud email example:
From: FRANK LEE <frankleehu@yahoo.com>
Date: Tue, 23 Aug 2005 05:25:54 -0700 (PDT)
Subject: RESPONSE
Dear Good Friend,
I am highly delighted to be in contact with you and sorry for the embarrassment this mail might be to you as we have not met or known each other before.
My name is Mr. Frank Lee. I was a good friend to Late Mr. Dan Michael, a national of your country, who until his death has no wife nor son or daughter to claim his assets hence he was buried here. He was a contractor and has spent most of his life time in my country Nigeria. Mr. Dan Michael was involved in a car accident along Aba/Portharcourt Road unfortunately lost his life on the 17th day of November 2003 at Port Harcourt.
Since then I have made several enquiries to your country embassy to locate any of my friends extended relatives, this has also proved unsuccessful hence: he has no next-of-kin at the time of his death.
After these several unsuccessful attempts, I decided to contact you since all my effort to trace or locate any member of his family failed me so that you as a foreigner will assist me as my late friend next-of-kin in repatriating the assets and Capital valued at US$6million left behind by my friend before it gets confiscated by the bank where these huge deposits were lodged as treasury bills.
The said Bank in Ivory Coast has issued me a notice to provide the next of Kin or have the treasury bill confiscated. Since I have been unsuccessful in
locating any of my friend's relatives for over one year now, I seek the consent to present you as the Next-of-kin to the deceased since you have the same last name with my late friend, so that the proceeds of
this treasury bill can be paid to you.
Therefore, on receipt of your positive response, we shall then discuss the sharing ratio and modalities for claim. I have all the necessary information and legal documents needed to back you up for the claim. All I require from you is your honest cooperation to enable us see this transaction through.
I guarantee that this will be executed under a legitimate arrangement that will protect you from any breach of the law.
I wait to hear from you soon.
Best regards,
Frank Lee
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